The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON)

Raïssa Meyer; Neil Davies; Kathleen J Pitz; Chris Meyer; Robyn Samuel; Jane Anderson; Ward Appeltans; Katharine Barker; Francisco P Chavez; J Emmett Duffy; Kelly D Goodwin; Maui Hudson; Margaret E Hunter; Johannes Karstensen; Christine M Laney; Margaret Leinen; Paula Mabee; James A Macklin; Frank Muller-Karger; Nicolas Pade; Jay Pearlman; Lori Phillips; Pieter Provoost; Ioulia Santi; Dmitry Schigel; Lynn M Schriml; Alice Soccodato; Saara Suominen; Katherine M Thibault; Visotheary Ung; Jodie van de Kamp; Elycia Wallis; Ramona Walls; Pier Luigi Buttigieg

doi:10.1093/gigascience/giad068

The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON)

Gigascience. 2022 Dec 28:12:giad068. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giad068.

Authors

Raïssa Meyer^{1

2

3}, Neil Davies^{4

5}, Kathleen J Pitz⁶, Chris Meyer⁷, Robyn Samuel^{8

9}, Jane Anderson¹⁰, Ward Appeltans¹¹, Katharine Barker¹², Francisco P Chavez⁶, J Emmett Duffy¹³, Kelly D Goodwin¹⁴, Maui Hudson¹⁵, Margaret E Hunter¹⁶, Johannes Karstensen¹⁷, Christine M Laney¹⁸, Margaret Leinen¹⁹, Paula Mabee²⁰, James A Macklin²¹, Frank Muller-Karger²², Nicolas Pade²³, Jay Pearlman²⁴, Lori Phillips²⁵, Pieter Provoost¹¹, Ioulia Santi^{23

26}, Dmitry Schigel²⁷, Lynn M Schriml²⁸, Alice Soccodato²³, Saara Suominen¹¹, Katherine M Thibault¹⁸, Visotheary Ung²⁹, Jodie van de Kamp³⁰, Elycia Wallis³¹, Ramona Walls³², Pier Luigi Buttigieg^{1

33}

Affiliations

¹ HGF MPG Joint Re-search Group for Deep-Sea Eco-logy and Tech-no-logy, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
² Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany.
³ HGF MPG Joint Re-search Group for Deep-Sea Eco-logy and Tech-no-logy, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen 28359, Germany.
⁴ Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea 98728, French Polynesia.
⁵ Berkeley Institute for Data Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
⁶ Science Department, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA.
⁷ Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
⁸ School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
⁹ Ocean Technology and Engineering Group, National Oceanography Center, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York City, NY 10012, USA.
¹¹ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ocean Biodiversity Information System, Oostende 8400, Begium.
¹² Global Genome Biodiversity Network Secretariat Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
¹³ Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO Program, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.
¹⁴ National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Ocean Exploration, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
¹⁵ Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
¹⁶ Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany.
¹⁸ Science department, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.
¹⁹ Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
²⁰ Observatory Leadership department, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.
²¹ Botany and Biodiversity Informatics, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada.
²² College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
²³ European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), Paris 75252, France.
²⁴ IEEE, Paris 75116, France.
²⁵ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Harrow N0R 1G0, Ontario, Canada.
²⁶ Marine Microbiology, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Heraklion GR71003, Greece.
²⁷ GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark.
²⁸ Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
²⁹ CNRS-MNHN-SU-EPHE-UA, 75005 Paris, France.
³⁰ CSIRO Environment, Hobart 7004 Tasmania, Australia.
³¹ CSIRO, Melbourne 3071, Australia.
³² Data Science department, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ 85718, USA.
³³ Information, Data and Computer Center, Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration/GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany.

Abstract

Omic BON is a thematic Biodiversity Observation Network under the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), focused on coordinating the observation of biomolecules in organisms and the environment. Our founding partners include representatives from national, regional, and global observing systems; standards organizations; and data and sample management infrastructures. By coordinating observing strategies, methods, and data flows, Omic BON will facilitate the co-creation of a global omics meta-observatory to generate actionable knowledge. Here, we present key elements of Omic BON's founding charter and first activities.

Keywords: GEO BON; biodiversity; biomonitoring; eDNA; earth observation; essential variables; omics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
Knowledge*